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Friday, March 27, 2009

Friday, March 27, 2009

I recently saw on Neatorama that "Tough Times are Good for Vasectomies". Apparently the current economic rough patch has more and more folks turning to the "cheapest form of permanent birth control".

So in addition to an increase in sales of frozen peas, I guess this means we'll also be seeing less of these:

And more of these:

I think my favorite part on this one is the random sombrero: like the doctor would come in, consult his clipboard, and say, "Ok, Mr. Smith, I am going to need you to remove all your clothes... but feel free to keep that bitchin' sombrero on."

And on a personal note, my hubby John would like to remind all of you fellas out there that the ol' snip-snip is only the cheapest form of birth control if you do it without general anesthesia, which, according to him, "would totally have been worth the extra two grand".

[eye roll] Men. A little scrotum-puncturing and tube-cauterizing and they turn into such babies.

Liz P., Michael W., & Jessica G., Ole!

Note: The "We have a runner" cake is by the fabulous Cakeworks - be sure to check their site for more hilarious designs.

I love these cakes, they are the great! Great Friday morning material. Altough based on subject matter, can these cakes really be wrecks? I don't know if there is a gold standard vasectomy cake against which they can properly be measured. :)

Wow---wish I had gotten a cake when I was 'fixed' but I am afraid to see what a tubal looks like for a woman after a c-section on a cake. My poor husband watched, 'cause I was "out" but he assured me...

"We have a runner" is from a comedy sketch by, I think, The Kids in the Hall. A woman gives birth and the baby takes off at great speed. The doctor yells "We have a runner" and another guy informs the parents that some babies are born to run and they get sent to Mexico where they have organized baby racing. That might explain the sombrero on the cake. Just sayin'.

I know that today's post will inspire many of you to post a comment in this section which is, as always, great. Before you comment on whether or not the cakes are "wrecks" though, please read the sidebar on the main page and take note of Jen's definition of what constitutes a wreck.

Today is more about the subject matter and less about the construction.

Wow, the sombrero-wearing-runner cake has to be one of my all-time favorites!! The ridiculousness of the sombrero, the great "suck it up" inscription, and the occasion itself make for an awesome wreck!

You know I really love that last cake...the sombrero totally makes it for me. As a frame of reference, I had to ask my hubby one time how much it hurt and he took on that ultra-manly grin and said, "It didn't hurt a bit." Which to me says he took a LOT of Vicodin, or this is much like his hunting stories and he doesn't want me to know how it REALLY went.

But above all else, this is once again proof that cake makes ANYTHING better.

Wish I'd thought to get my man a cake when he did the V...I think the best part was seeing him all trippy on the Valium they had him take. He doesn't remember much about the day, so having a cake would've helped make a memory. Great wreck material!!

Wow, there really is a cake for everything. So why haven't I gotten birthday cakes the past few years? And why didn't I have a weird wedding cake? I feel gipped! Maybe I need to start celebrating other occasions in my life to get that cake...

You know, I'm OK with the fact that not all Wrecks are bad and some are just, well, off the wall.

I rather like the first cake the best. Happy little sperm! Shouldn't be there be an egg on there too? Oh, and I've never heard of a man getting general anesthetic for getting snipped, unless they're a big baby. ;) Usually a local is enough.

I had absolutely NO sympathy for my man's complaints during and after the V. I've had three kids for him and I DON'T. WANT. TO. HEAR. IT. You have absolutely no conception of how many minor and major aches and pains go with 30 combined months of pregnancy, three births and three years of breastfeeding. The cake is right, suck it up.

On cake #3, is that a little bit o' ball we see peeking out? EW! It brings me back to the days of HS when my gym teacher would make us sit on the gym floor while he walked around in his shorts and we were horrified to look up and see corners of his furry bubblegum peeking out from his running shorts. :::GROSS:::

In reply to Jill's post, the phrase "We have a runner" is from the 1976 feature movie "Logan's Run" (don't know if it was in the novel that the movie was based on...). High-tech sci-fi movie that pre-dated Star Wars, and packed a wallop of a message that is still timely. There's a remake scheduled for 2010. Perhaps it will spawn a new line of cakes :)

I think the sperm on the first cake would be less creepy if they didn't have eyes. I agree with "The Courteous Chihuahua" that the disembodied hand with the scissors looks like his cojones! I had to look at it a few times to see what it was. Love the sombrero!

I just had to read the comments on this one. I just can't figure out where you would order a cake like this - obviously one would do it on the phone? because I'm trying to picture myself standing in Walmart at the Bakery explaining it. I'm coming up at a loss here!

HAHA. This amuses me greatly because I am about to drive my husband to the urologist for his snip. I check the wrecks everyday and just figured I'd do a quick scan before we leave. I even showed him. Now he wants german chocolate cake!

Hilarious! I'll have to make or get my hubby a cake when he gets his done. Although if he starts whining about needing general anesthetic, I might need to tell him maybe we should save money by doing it at home with no drugs whatsoever like I did with our 3rd and 4th babies. That should shut him up.

I love these cakes, ahahhahahah especially #3. Too funny. And as someone who had 6 kids without meds and then a nurse who forgot the pain shot so I woke after having tubes tied with now pain killer. I don't have much sympathy for men getting snipped. So I would have to agree with the statement on the last cake, LOL

AWE-SOME-NESS! So funny! Hey all you crazy couples out there: Intrauterine devices can be hormone free and they're good for 10 years! cheaper than a vastectomy in the long run and if you change your mind you can always get it taken out!

My stomach is hurting, and I'm trying to get over a coughing fit from the last cake. Everything about it is just hilarious, from the bitchin' sombrero to the expression on the guy's face.

Spouse refused to get the snip & clip. I got the tubal instead, and later I had to have a total hysterectomy. Hey, pal, I suffered more than you did, and I didn't even have to go through childbirth. Suck it up, dude! No sombrero for you!

I am literally CRYING over these comments...you CW readers are hilarious!!! At one point, somewhere in the middle of reading the comments, probably about when I read "corners of his fuzzy bubblegum", I completely lost it...then everything else was punch drunk funny.

"The wreckiest aspect of Cake #2 is not the subject matter, but that attempt to pipe writing on traditional German Chocolate Cake icing."

Yeah the piping over that icing makes my stomach a little queasy.

Oh, and I've never heard of a man getting general anesthetic for getting snipped, unless they're a big baby. ;) Usually a local is enough.

That's what I was thinking. Pretty much all the men I know who have gone through with a vasectomy have been fine, a little aspirin, possibly some ice and they are fine. Of course the one's that go in for the procedure thinking it's going to be absolutely "awful" are the ones who do have a rougher time of it. I'm pretty sure it's a bigger psychological issue than pain issue for most.

I don't think anyone else has mentioned the fact that the middle cake has coconut icing similar to the CCC Curious George Tribute cake! EEK! It's scary for that reason alone.

I find it interesting that some women were so offended by having cartoon-like sperm characters on a cake, (the first one). Man....it's far less offensive than those horrible "giving birth" cakes. Those would make ME vomit.

Lol that is one pretty awesome cake. But that's a very sensitive part of the body, women just don't understand what it's like being kicked there even lightly. At least women only give birth a few times tops...

The second cake is a wreck for an entirely different reason. I'm color blind. I can't read it. I'm guessing it would be easier in person or even with a 90 degree camera angle but I'm not sure. Contrasting colors people, contrasting colors.

I, too, thought that Sombrero Ted's "guys" were off to he left side of the cake there. And I couldn't help thinking "no wonder he's running, his doctor is not so good at this vasectomy thing. That was a little bit more of a cut than you were supposed to make there, Doc." Then I realized it was just supposed to be the doctor's hand.

A lot of vasectomies are done in the office with just a local. However, I'm an OR nurse, and I've done a lot in the OR with a "twilight" sleep aka patient doesn't remember a thing. I bet it depends on insurance and what the patient really wants.

You American guys have the option of having a general anesthetic or even Valium with your vasectomies? In Ontario, we may have this office procedure paid out of our taxes, but no one is ever offered more than a li'l freezing in that *ahem* area. Our ruff, tuff Canadian boys get to drive themselves home afterwards, on our dogsleds, in our canoes or on our snowmobiles.

I love the idea of the random sombrero, because the doc just went "south of the border" on that poor dude.

Yeah, my wife gave me 4 kids and I know I can't begin to imagine that sacrifice and pain, but all you have to do is threaten to harm to doodads and men start cringing....they're sensitive ladies....SEN-SI-TIVE.....

It's cheaper to get medical procedures done in Mexico. I'm assuming that that's what the reference is to... Awesome cake!!! Would have loved to hear the conversation between the baker and the people ordering it!

Lol, sorry I am laughing so hard right now...my friend pointed me to this website because of this cake...this cake I did. I work at a bakery where we do custom cakes and cartoon on them. Thats right, we hand draw cartoons in icing...instead of pencil.The story behind this was he was going to mexico to get snipped, and he was scared, its a cartoon. Im sure you can understand the humor now...seriously.

Alright so....obviously most people don't get the cake...he's getting snipped in Mexico! What people order is what we do, we have had some messed up orders but what customers want is what the customer gets...try a naked lady sitting on a dead guy playing with his you know what...she was becoming a mortician! That's what happens when you do custom cakes!

I've looked at these cakes at least three times, on different occasions - And only today have I realized that the thing next to the scissors is supposed to be a hand and not something else... which would have explained the running away, screaming.

the best thing about decorating a cake like the runner cake(which I decorated a while ago) is the customers who have such a great sense of humour which makes my job so much fun^^ I loved all the comments

Holy sunuvabitch...I've had TWO children, gone through TWO labors, TWO c-sections, and TWO recoveries, and no one's ever even *thought* to bring me a cake...! But let a fella go in for a 15-minute in-office minor procedure, and it's suddenly a celebration! ;0P

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